Jack Crisp

Jack Crisp 

Professional Support Lawyer | Guernsey

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Jack is a professional support lawyer in the firm's knowledge management team.

He has varied experience on a broad range of work including: corporate and commercial disputes, construction litigation, contentious trust matters, and insolvency.

As a fee earner he specialised in legal issues arising from cross-jurisdictional matters including serving documents outside the jurisdiction, forum, applications to use documents from one set of proceedings in another jurisdiction (collateral use), injunctions in support of foreign proceedings (including Mareva freezing, proprietary freezing, and Bankers Trust injunctions) and enforcement of foreign judgments.

Recent experience includes:

  • Advised the vendors of a Guernsey trustee in defending a breach of warranty claim worth in excess of £3.5 million in deferred consideration;
  • Acted for two beneficiaries of a trust in a dispute over how the trust should be divided during a significant family dispute;
  • Acted for investors in a successful attempt to exclude their sub-fund from the liquidation of a protected cell company, and extract it to a new vehicle;
  • Advised an Austrian client on enforcing a €4.5 million judgment against a Guernsey company; and
  • Advised the buyers of a local services business in an action against the sellers for breach of non-compete clauses.

Jack has a passion for problem-solving and prides himself on his direct, no-nonsense style. However, he is approachable and friendly, and prides himself on being able to discuss complex issues without legal jargon.

Background

Jack spent three months on secondment from Collas Crill with Osborne Clarke in London, advising on acquisitions and venture capital, giving him an insight into disputes that arise around SMEs and growing businesses.

Jack qualified as a solicitor of the senior courts of England and Wales with Collas Crill and holds a Masters in Pure Mathematics, specialising in logic.

Jack was admitted to the Guernsey Bar in September 2023.

1 May 2025

Collas Crill explains… Enforcing foreign judgments in Jersey

This guide gives a brief overview to enforcing foreign judgments in Jersey. Words in bold are defined at the end of this guide. We refer to the person or entity seeking to enforce a foreign judgment as the Creditor and the person or entity being enforced...

27 Mar 2025

Collas Crill explains … Enforcing foreign arbitral awards in Jersey

This guide looks at how you can enforce foreign arbitral awards in Jersey.  Words in bold are defined at the end of this guide. We refer to the person or entity seeking to enforce the arbitral award as the creditor and the person being enforced agai...

11 Dec 2024

Unilateral Option Clauses Survey 2024

Collas Crill has contributed to the Clifford Chance Unilateral Option Clauses Survey 2024. Guernsey Managing Partner Gareth Bell and Professional Support Lawyer Jack Crisp authored the Guernsey response, while Partner Simon Hurry and Senior Associate Kar...

12 Aug 2024

Court-ordered creditors' winding up of a Jersey company

Jersey is a popular place to establish an asset-holding company. It is well-regulated, creditor-friendly, and the Companies Law is modern, flexible and modelled on English companies legislation.  But what happens when things go wrong and a company b...

24 Jul 2024

Guide: A shareholder-initiated creditors' winding up of a Jersey company

Jersey is a popular place to establish an asset holding company. It is well regulated and creditor friendly, and the Companies Law is modern, flexible and modelled on English companies legislation. But what happens when things go wrong and a company beco...

7 May 2024

Winding up a Jersey company on just and equitable grounds

Jersey is a popular place to establish an asset holding company. It is well regulated, creditor friendly, and the Companies Law is modern, flexible and modelled on English companies legislation. But what happens when things go wrong? This guide looks at ...

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